In the 1981 film "The Incredible Shrinking Woman", a Sci-Fi Comedy starring Lily Tomlin as a housewife reducing in size from a unique mix of household chemicals, writer Jane Wagner and Tomlin added a strong anti-consumerism bent to the story originally written by Richard Matheson in 1956. This angle reaches its most overt in the repeating of a jingle for "Galaxy Glue", one of the products that shrinks Tomlin's character. While only the first 3 or 4 lines of the song play throughout the movie (simulating a standard product jingle), the full song plays over the credits.

Music by Suzanne Ciani, a pioneer in electronic music.

Lyrics:

Galaxy Glue, Galaxy Glue
What would we do without Galaxy Glue?
Galaxy Glue, Galaxy Glue
Life would go to pieces without Galaxy Glue
A part of me, like my anatomy
Much like the stars are to the sky
Look up and there’s another one to buy
And I wonder why
I can’t live my life without ‘em
They stick to me, they stick to you
Galaxy Glue, Galaxy Glue
What would we do without Galaxy Glue?
Galaxy Glue, Galaxy Glue
Life would go to pieces without Galaxy Glue
For sex appeal
And for my thrills and ills
They all make claims to be the best
Try one and there’s a better one to test
Then it comes to me
Stop and think they couldn’t possibly
Be all they say; worth all I pay
Galaxy Glue, Galaxy Glue
What would we do without Galaxy Glue?
Galaxy Glue, Galaxy Glue
Life would go to pieces without Galaxy Glue
Desirable, I’m so desirable
Right close to me they wanna be
They promise that they’ll take good care of me
I just love ‘em all
but they make me seem so very small
They look to me, I look to them
Galaxy Glue, Galaxy Glue
What would we do without Galaxy Glue?
Galaxy Glue, Galaxy Glue
Life would go to pieces without Galaxy Glue

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